Sounds like Frau Merkel is lying to save her coalition. Surely there is a man in Germany who can replace her and try to save the country.
Not any with the character of a US president that’s not on the left, let’s put it that way.
This tactic of ruling by crisis was a created problem in search of a strongman solution, or a strongman with solutions to impose.
The European approach to critical diplomacy:
Hold a really long meeting then afterwards issue a statement saying everything’s all worked (even though, as you find out later, every single participant in the meeting has a completely different opinion as to what they just “agreed to”).
There are no more men in Germany. They’ve all been wussified.